A few days ago the folks at Boing Boing rebroadcast an imagine that they’d picked up from Salon.com politics editor Elias Isquith. The image, which has now been shared by over 8,000 people on Facebook alone, started showing up in my social media feeds this morning, accompanied by words like, “horrifying.” On the face of […]
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Rape Culture click bait
Posted in Observations, Uncategorized Also tagged Boing Boing, click bait, Elias Isquith, hysteria, rape, rape culture, Science 9 Comments
This is what Obama wanted, and it needs to fail
For what it’s worth, I think Glenn Greenwald and Russ Feingold are probably right when they say that we shouldn’t lay all the blame for what happened with regard to healthcare reform at the feet of Joe Lieberman. Much of the blame, as Glenn points out in his recent article on Salon, belongs with Obama. […]
Posted in Health, Politics Also tagged Glenn Greenwald, healthcare reform, Howard Dean, insurance, insurance company bailout, Joe Lieberman, Medicare, Obama, Russ Feingold, the public option 27 Comments
Conservative Bible promises new, better Jesus
I didn’t see it coming, but now, in retrospect, I guess it was inevitable… It seems as though conservatives, after years of agonizing over the complete disconnect between the way their savior lived his life, and the way they choose to live their own, have taken it upon themselves to make a big change. No, […]
Posted in Other, Politics, Religious Extremism Also tagged adultery, Bible, Christianity, comrade, Conservapedia, Conservative Bible Project, crazy conservative projects, Devil, disciples, emasculation, flat tax, Framework against Liberal Bias, free market parables, gender inclusive, hypocrisy, Jesus Christ, King James version, liberal bias, liberal wordiness, limp-wristed sissies, miracle, peace, Pharisees, tax collectors, the book of Matthew, the logic of Hell, the plight of the overtaxed rich, the threat of Socialism, translation, unisex, Van Jones, word-to-substance ratio 25 Comments